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Joe I had started a long post about this last week but I stopped to check up on Peaches and I never finished.


THe jest of the post was that you shouldnt worry about a no shave feature nor should you worry about how someone affords to drink kool aid.

You should worry about the level of trust you with ANY company that has access to this information.

If you havent figured it out yet... these programs are POWERFUL. When they are installed you give a 3rd party access to your entire business plan and model.

They can see which processor you do best with, the retention level of your members, how many members, who the members are.... charge back ratios...traffic flow....traffic referrals.... the amount you pay out to each affiliate ... it goes on an on.

I for one would not even think of allowing someone whos main skill is knock off other peoples ideas access to my entire business plan with an executive stat system.

Now you can see how someone could afford to drink Cristal.

When your businss plan is failing --- just devise a way to rip off everyone elses!

With that being said.... its no big secret that I have been working with NATS for the past 7 months on an affilaite program. NATS is an extremely complex system. Its not a matter of making some banners and throwing up a link. Installation of this is totally custom and it may be over the head of a lot of people. It sure as hell has challenged 2 of us with over 10 years of IT experience.

I spent considerable time with John last year in Atlanta before they released this script. I found him to be a level headed businessman and with a desire to establish himself as a true professional.

This was further reenforced in Vegas. Truth be known I sat in on ONE seminar and that was the inner workings of NATS. It was worth my entire trip to spend the hour with those guys. The staff is totally dedicated to this project. The knowledge bases is far more superior to any that Ive seen in this inudstry.

I will admit that we have become frustrated several times during this process becasue it is complex.

NATS is going thru some growing pains. These are amplified by clients that want to flip the switch and turn over the way they do business in a couple of weeks. This system is complex and if you rush it you will break it.

The only problem I have seen is an integration prblem with Electra Cash. Quite frankly I dont know why anyone from Oprano would bother with using Electra Cash when you can use WTS. WIG is family and they run a tight and well proven ship there.

To summarize.... dont rush foolhardily into making a decision as to which one of these cascading scripts you choose. You expose your entire business plan to that company. Youd better have a high degree of trust with whomever you choose. I do have that with John and the crew from NATS.